Facilitation of Learning KSBs

Core knowledge, skills and behaviours 

Ability to use reflection to enhance self-awareness, gain new insights and develop resilience when faced with adverse situations. 

Demonstrate application of a variety of methods to ensure learning has taken place, e.g., 4–stage approach to teaching a clinical skill, or use of Chunk & Check / Teach Back.

Ability to recognise the personal impact of any difficult situations and have strategies to enable personal learning and development, recognising the limits of competence and personal strengths. 

Ability to engage in [clinical] supervision, using reflective practice and feedback to enhance the quality of care and outcomes through: 

• Personal development and wellbeing: fostering self-awareness and effective self-management.  

• Continual professional development: committed to ongoing learning and development, with a focus on professional codes and maintaining quality standards.  

• Knowledge, Skills, and Proficiency Development: actively seeking to expand clinical knowledge and skills to ensure high standards of practice and effective care.  

Ability to facilitate others to develop knowledge, skills and proficiency through practice supervision, within own scope of practice. 

Engages with appraisal and creates a plan for personal development. 

Specific knowledge, skills and behaviours for vaccinators 

Supports and actively encourages peers by demonstrating correct technique and discussing safety protocols for vaccine preparation and administration.

Supports peers by demonstrating correct technique and discussing safety protocols for vaccine preparation and administration.

Shares sustainable practices with peers (e.g., efficient stock management, cold chain, reducing waste).

Demonstrates correct use of digital systems for documentation, learning and reporting.

Shares knowledge with colleagues on the principles of informed consent and capacity across the life span in relation to vaccination.

Supports peers in adapting practice using evidence informed materials related to diverse populations.

Shares techniques with peers for reducing vaccination anxiety (e.g. distraction, calm language) and learns from feedback.

Uses learning tools to develop skills in managing procedural distress and anxiety during vaccination and shares techniques with colleagues in practice. 

Shares ways to answer common concerns confidently and safely, drawing on what has worked in practice.